Poor sculling control

Hands flap or push down instead of making small, steady figure-of-eight movements.

Activities that help

• Artistic Swimming Taster – Sculling, a ballet leg and a short group pattern to music – a taster of artistic swimming built on core skills.
• Canoe Scull – Sculling on the front with hands under the hips – supports a flat front position and builds feel for the water.
• Feet-First Scull – On the back, swimmers change their hand angle to travel feet-first – real control of sculling rather than flapping.
• Sculling Boat Race – A head-first race on the back using hands only – builds sculling propulsion and a flat back position.
• Sculling Circles – Floating on the back, swimmers use only their hands to spin slowly in a circle – learning how sculling supports and moves the body.
• Sculling Shapes Relay – A relay where each leg uses a different scull – head-first, feet-first, canoe – with points for control, not speed.
• Swim and Scull Circuit – Stations around the pool – scull head-first, tread water, tub turn, float – swimmers rotate every minute.
• Torpedo Scull – On the back with arms stretched above the head, swimmers scull to travel feet-first – a demanding, precise scull.
• Tub Turn – Sitting in a 'tub' (knees tucked, shins on the surface), swimmers scull to spin round – great for control and confidence.